Senate Advances Repeals of Gulf and Iraq War Authorizations

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Feb. 28, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Senate voted 65-28 on March 27 to invoke cloture, ending debate, on a bill that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations.

Ahead of the vote Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, cited the U.S. retaliatory strikes in Syria following Iran-backed groups killing a U.S. contractor, injuring a second contractor and wounding five soldiers.